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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  where 
  mostly 
  blackish, 
  flagel 
  50-jointed; 
  pronotum 
  stramineous, 
  its 
  

   sides 
  stramineous 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  edge, 
  elsewhere 
  blackish, 
  

   its 
  furrow 
  foveolate; 
  mesosternum 
  black, 
  fore 
  coxae 
  internally, 
  distal 
  

   trochanters 
  of 
  fore 
  legs, 
  fore 
  femora 
  posteriorly 
  and 
  also 
  above 
  the 
  

   longest 
  axis 
  in 
  front, 
  brownish 
  stramineous, 
  otherwise 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  

   are 
  mostly 
  blackish; 
  dorsulum 
  and 
  scutel 
  reddish, 
  hardly 
  sculptured, 
  

   the 
  prescutum 
  stongly 
  convex 
  anteriorly, 
  the 
  notauli 
  almost 
  meetmg 
  

   before 
  reaching 
  the 
  hind 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  continued 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  hind 
  edge 
  almost 
  as 
  one 
  longitudinal 
  furrow; 
  tegulse, 
  wmg 
  

   base, 
  and 
  the 
  true 
  metanotum 
  stramineous; 
  mesopleurse 
  blackish 
  

   and 
  sculptured 
  above 
  the 
  middle, 
  blackish 
  red 
  and 
  almost 
  sculpture- 
  

   less 
  below 
  the 
  middle; 
  mesosternum 
  and 
  metapleurae 
  black, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   sculptured 
  somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae; 
  wings 
  

   brownish, 
  stigma 
  and 
  veins 
  blackish 
  brown; 
  mid 
  and 
  hmd 
  femora 
  

   reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  remaining 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  legs 
  black 
  

   except 
  a 
  rather 
  stramineous 
  annulus 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  claws 
  

   with 
  a 
  stout 
  tooth 
  at 
  base, 
  empodia 
  surpassing 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  claws, 
  

   hind 
  onychii 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  joints 
  combined; 
  first, 
  

   dorsal, 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  rugose 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  vertical 
  anterior 
  

   face 
  which 
  is 
  smooth, 
  blackish, 
  apparently 
  twice 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  

   as 
  wide 
  at 
  apex 
  as 
  long 
  down 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  face 
  convex 
  and 
  

   flanked 
  by 
  depressed, 
  broad, 
  lateral 
  margins, 
  second 
  to 
  fifth, 
  dorsal 
  

   segments 
  inclusive 
  mostly 
  rugose 
  and 
  with 
  smooth, 
  lateral 
  lunulae, 
  

   one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  second, 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  with 
  its 
  furrows 
  stramineous 
  

   as 
  is 
  the 
  posterior 
  edge 
  between 
  the 
  furrows, 
  the 
  area 
  defined 
  by 
  the 
  

   furrows, 
  blackish 
  stramineous, 
  the 
  sides 
  beyond 
  the 
  furrows 
  blackish, 
  

   lunulse 
  stramineous, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  this 
  segment 
  arcuate 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  but 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  apex 
  as 
  the 
  segment 
  is 
  long 
  

   down 
  the 
  middle; 
  false 
  suture 
  stramineous 
  and 
  crenulate; 
  third 
  to 
  

   sixth 
  dorsal 
  segments 
  with 
  a 
  stramineous, 
  rugulose 
  band 
  down 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  this 
  band 
  broadest 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  becoming 
  attenuate 
  apically; 
  

   third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  dorsal 
  segments 
  with 
  lateral 
  margins 
  brownish 
  

   stramineous, 
  the 
  apical 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  and 
  apical 
  third 
  

   of 
  fifth 
  segments 
  brownish 
  stramineous 
  to 
  pale 
  stramineous, 
  else- 
  

   where 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  fifth 
  segments, 
  inclusive, 
  are 
  blackish; 
  sixth 
  dorsal 
  

   segment 
  concealing 
  the 
  seventh, 
  convex, 
  almost 
  semicircular 
  in 
  out- 
  

   line, 
  mostly 
  rather 
  dark 
  stramineous; 
  pygidium 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  outline 
  

   nearly 
  like 
  the 
  sixth 
  dorsal 
  segment; 
  hypopygium 
  acute, 
  its 
  tip 
  

   falling 
  far 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  exserted 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   ovipositor 
  apparently 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Allotype. 
  — 
  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  female, 
  this 
  differs 
  chiefly 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   Basal 
  joints 
  of 
  palpi 
  stramineous; 
  flagel 
  53-jointed, 
  antennae 
  colored 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  female; 
  legs 
  stramineous 
  excepting 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  

   which 
  are 
  rather 
  brownish 
  to 
  dark 
  brown; 
  sixth, 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  concealing 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen; 
  otherwise 
  essen- 
  

  

  